Microfluidic fabrication of bioactive microgels for rapid formation and enhanced differentiation of stem cell spheroids

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-132

  Siltanen, Christian ^a   Yaghoobi, Maliheh ^a   Haque, Amranul ^a,b   You, Jungmok ^a   Lowen, Jeremy ^a,c   Soleimani, Masoud ^a,b   Revzin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Droplet microfluidics; Embryoid body; Endoderm; Heparin hydrogel; Microgel; Nodal

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; DROPS; FABRICATION; GELS; HYDROGELS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOACTIVES; DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; EMBRYOID BODY; ENDODERM; HEPARIN HYDROGEL; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROGEL; NODAL; STEM-CELL; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEPARIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; MACROGOL; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; BIOMATERIAL; GEL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; ENDODERM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROGEL; MICROCAPSULE; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE; ADSORPTION; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; EMBRYOID BODIES; ENDODERM; GELS; HEPARIN; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; RHEOLOGY; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 84955239755     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.01.012     Document Type: Article

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